Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-14
SOUTH AMERICAN WONDERS
DIR. RoSby's Experience with the Natives
and the Native Animals.

There is Il big room or two up at
Columbia College in which are spread
| abroad more wonders than were ever
dreamt of in Horatio's philosophy.
Birds, beasts, fishes. plants of strange
nature, Indian relics, and all manner
Of South American wonders are here.
the prizes captured in two years
struggle with danger and suffering by
an American scientific investigator.
The owner of these treasures is DIR.
Henry III. Rosby of Detroit, who, rep
resenting Parke. Davis & Co. of that
city, Jan. 10, 1885, left New York for
a tour through Chill and Bolivia in the
hope of discovering amid the fauna
and flora of the Andes and the Anna
zon some valuable additions to the
medicinal riches of the American phar-
macopmia.
| DIR. Rosby's adventures Were many
and interesting, and in due time win
be given to the world in a book, He
met the sorocho in his native lair, did
battle with the Caripuna Indians and
the man-eating fish and alligators of
the Benz River, broiled in the stenches
of La Paz, the filthiest city this side of
Constantinople, took his daily dose of
| quinine like little man, and saw the
place where 100000 cinchona trees
are growing, the source from which all
the calisaya cocktails of the future
must come. From all this he came out
much the worse for wear, but still full
of enthusiasm.
DR.. Rosby intended to land at NAL
lendo and 60 direct to Bolivia, but the
| Peruvian war prevented. Gen. Caceras
was making things lively for the au-
thorities. So he was obliged to travel
by mule from Tacma to La Paz, -
seven days journey, going from africa
to Tacma by rail, tough journey
across a desert, without the shade of a
spear of grass to relieve the monotony.
THE whole country of africa and
Tacma has been captured by the Chill
! ians,n said the doctor. at is to be
kept for ten years. At the end of that
time the inhabitants will vote whether
to remain in Chill or go back to Peru.
The country which gets them must pay
$40, 100000 for the prize. Meanwhile
Chill is doing everything possible to
make things pleasant for the people
with music and games. The Chilians'
present purpose is to have United
States of South America, capturing
the other countries little by little, and
gradually adding to their strength and
wealth. They are bloodthirsty peo-
pie, loving war. and extremely brutal in
carrying it on. They murder men,
women, and children with impartial
cruelty, ripping them open with big
knives.
"Our journey from Tacma was one
of terrible suffering. 1t was upon IA
high tableland, reaching an elevation
of 10000 feet. and for five DAYS we
| iourneyed ut an average elevation of
1890 feet. The air was so rarefied
that we suffered much from sorocho,
the chief symptoms Of which were
difficulty in breathing, Frustrating
muscular weakness, and bleeding at
the nose and cars. We passed the
beautiful volcano of Tacoso, which dis
charges across the road river. the
water of which is fatal to human life
Men often commit suicide on the table
land, they suffer SO much from sorocho.
There is also great danger from light
! ming, which Is frequent and violent. y
Dr.. Ros5y crossed the Andes with
much tribulation, and went to work
among the valleys of the eastern slope.
He advises investors to keep away from
! the old Spanish silver mines, and says
that any belief that they were crudeiy
worked is il mistake The Spaniards
did not leave much mineral richness
| behind in their mines. ''In Bolivia, "
he said, ''half the silver is counterfeit
A Consul who had grown tired of
| making coin sold his counterfeiting
machine to one OF our party. And /
wish to say rig..t here mat up ~ the
! present Administrations the diplomatic
service sent to Bolivia from orr coui.
try has been seanlalo,ls. D,elnheH-
ness, bribery, and tie tountel1eitiue OF
money have made America agents Il
blword among the B3iiYiaG.. wish
i to except Mr. Gibbs and one othpr.
who were honest mca and much Fixed
by the natives.
The GocEor proposes 80 st.r up rheae
scandals il bia book and claims to
have sore FER. lively egi,.e..te to offer.
1 The liveleat ,,9rf of his Journey wtes
on the Benz RIVER, where L was worth
a mans life to take u bath and where
he lost his boat. his provisions, ami the
| Waterbury watches with which he was
purchasing ali sorts ii valuable Things